ZOOLOOK™ X • XXX • MCMXCVI On October 30, 1996, 25 years ago, multi-artist Nicholas’ Nico’ Da Silva decided to join the world wide web. He had already chosen his artist name, ZOOLOOK, inspired by the French composer Jean Michel Jarre’s 1984 album of the same name. He would register ZOOLOOK.com, .net, and .org to […]
ZOOLOOK Video on Demand ZOOLOOK is coming to Vimeo On Demand. On October 17, 2021, ZOOLOOK on Demand launched on VIMEO. A long-time user of VIMEO’s video platform, ZOOLOOK will be premiering his STONEFRENGE music video series exclusively on VIMEO on Demand. ZOOLOOK plans to release nine music videos on the popular video platform for […]
ZOOLOOK™ Stonefrenge™ When IRIE’s founder and editor-in-chief, Nicholas Da Silva, is not covering the reggae scene, you can rest assured he is busy working on one of his creative projects under his artist name, ZOOLOOK. A multi-artist who produces original music, writes and draws comic books, designs and develops immersive websites, and creates animations for […]
Dread & Alive™ Nine Night™ A diehard comic book fan and an avid reader of fiction/sci-fi novels (Robert A. Heinlein) growing up in the U.S., Nicholas Da Silva (ZOOLOOK) was disappointed in the lack of black heroic characters in American culture and literature. Coming from a diverse background, he promised to change that by meshing […]
FlashTV™ The Future Now, Absolutely Wicked! When ZOOLOOK launched FlashTV on July 25, 2001, the site was relatively unknown to the flash community. However, it didn’t take long for the website to get noticed, receiving 3 million hits in just a few weeks. Under the URL, IWantMyFlashTV.com, FlashTV featured 18 genres of flash-animated movies to […]
HITLESS™ No Women. No Children. On July 6, 2007, Pocketgamer.com published a feature on the best digital comics for your PlayStation Portable (PSP), SONY’s multi-talented member of the handheld game console family. First released in Japan on December 12, 2004, it reached North America on March 24, 2005. ZOOLOOK scooped one up and soon discovered […]
Cavedudez™ TGSNT™ Miniball In the spring of 2004, ZOOLOOK teamed up with UK-based Naked Penguin Boy Ltd. to create a Flash-based foosball game as part of a viral marketing campaign to introduce the return of The Greatest Story Never Told Flash storytelling competition. TGSNT Miniball launched during Euro 2004, featuring the fun-loving Cavedudez, Kaya & […]
ReelTV™ Reel to Real The year was 2007, and ZOOLOOK, along with other emerging artists, was looking for a way to gain worldwide exposure online. When you’ve created a major masterpiece, you want to share it with the world. But, unfortunately, it can sometimes be difficult for people like animators, visual effects and motion graphics […]
IRIE™ Roots Rock Reggae Music On December 26, 2013, ZOOLOOK launched IRIE™ Magazine, a new reggae publication dedicated to Roots, Rock, Reggae music. Published in digital format, the inaugural issue of IRIE featured Reggae Ambassadors, Third World, on the cover in illustrated form. In addition, the issue celebrated the band’s 40-year presence in the reggae […]
Zoe Mazah On Top of the World IRIE’s October 2021 edition of RELEASES is here featuring Zoe Mazah and her newest release, ‘On Top of the World’ along with IRIE Trax from ZOOLOOK, Christos DC, Asher-E, Razteria, Upper Cut Band + Xana Romeo, Jay Thomas, Melodican, Chiney Kiki + Evie Pukupoo, David Cairol + Rik […]
The Chronicles of ZOOLOOK™ 25 Years of ZOOLOOK™ On April 21, 2001, ZOOLOOK set up a coming soon landing page for FlashTV. The one-pager invited Animators, Flash-Media Developers, Filmmakers, Students, and fans of animation to sign up for the official launch of FlashTV. On July 21, 2021, FlashTV premiered on the world wide web featuring […]